besprinkle
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- unbesprinkled adjective
Etymology
Origin of besprinkle
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; be-, sprinkle
Example Sentences
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I will scatter seeds criminally thickly on the surface, pat them down, and then remember that they need cover and besprinkle them with some soil that I’ve inevitably dropped on the kitchen floor.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 23, 2019
He shook off the earth with which he had tried to besprinkle himself and scrambled up.
From Secret Bread by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)
You said, if you pulled your thumb out, you could besprinkle everything.
From Folk Tales Every Child Should Know by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
The novel goes on apace; but I shall besprinkle it with local color afterwards.
From The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by McKenzie, Aimée G. Leffingwel
It is quite unlike the blossoms which besprinkle other rugs.
From The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. by Ellwanger, W. D. (William DeLancey)
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